Reducing high levels of remnant cholesterol or 'ugly cholesterol' can significantly cut the risk of stroke and myocardial infarction, suggest researchers. In a study, published in Atherosclerosis journal, the researchers from University of Copenhagen observed that levels of remnant cholesterol in the ...
Medical services at Chandigarh's Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), which caters to around 10,000 patients daily, were severely affected on Saturday, following a strike by 1,200 resident doctors protesting against the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill. ...
Raul Molina, a 46-year-old Mexican immigrant, says that cannabis is the business of the future, though for him it is a very lucrative here and now thanks to the Mint Dispensary, a unique store/restaurant in Arizona offering the likes of chicken wings dressed with THC, the active ingredient of marijuana....
Healthcare services at government-run hospitals in Telangana were affected on Friday as junior doctors boycotted all emergency services to protest against the National Medical Commission (NCM) Bill 2019. On a call given by Telangana Junior Doctors Association (TJUDA), 3,500 junior ...
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University used soft and living materials to create a biological scaffold, making a step closer to being able to 3D print a full-sized, adult human heart. The study published on Thursday in the journal Science reported the first-of-...
Healthcare services at government hospitals, including AIIMS, were severely hit on Thursday as resident doctors withdrew all services including emergency services in protest against a Bill which they say will encourage quacks. The strike has been called against the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill,...
There is no correlation between the cancer spike in Goa and the illegal use of formalin to preserve fish being sold, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said late on Wednesday. Responding to worries raised by the MLAs across party lines over the use of ...
In a bid to rein in pharma majors like Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for selling faulty implants in the country, Congress leader Anand Sharma on Wednesday asked the government to tighten regulatory norms. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Sharma noted that J&J had in the US agreed to pay ...
Work was affected in hospitals -- both private and state run -- in Kerala on Wednesday following a nationwide call for strike given by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) to protest against the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, 2019. Passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday and awaiting clearance from the Rajya Sabha, ...
OPDs in government hospitals across the country will be shut on Wednesday as part of protests against the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill which doctors say will encourage quacks. As a mark of protest against the Bill which was passed in the Lok Sabha on ...
